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貴社の小型コピー機を東京オフィス・エキスポ97でしりました。

Sentence Analyzer

貴社 小型 こぴー機 東京 オフィス エキスポ しりました

English Translation

I learned about your portable copier at the Tokyo-Office '97 Expo.

Furigana

貴社(きしゃ)小型(こがた)コピー()東京(とうきょう)オフィス・エキスポ97でしりました。

Romanji

Kisha no kogata kopi-ki o Tōkyō ofyisu ekisupo kyū nana de shirimashita.

Words

貴社 (きしゃ)
your company; your shrine
()
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
小型 (こがた)
small size; tiny
コピー機 (コピーき)
copier; copy machine
()
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
東京 (とうきょう)
Tokyo
オフィス (オフィス)
office
(なかぽち)
middle dot (typographical symbol used between parallel terms, names in katakana, etc.); full-stop mark at mid-character height; interpoint (interword separation)
エキスポ (エキスポ)
expo; exposition
(きゅう、く、ここの、この、ここ)
nine
(しち、なな、な)
seven; hepta-
(で、にて)
indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.
知る (しる)
to be aware of; to know; to be conscious of; to cognize; to cognise; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to remember; to be acquainted with (a procedure); to experience; to go through; to learn; to be acquainted with (a person); to get to know; to concern

Kanji

Readings: キ、 たっと.い、 とうと.い、 たっと.ぶ、 とうと.ぶ
Meanings: precious, value, prize, esteem, honor
Readings: シャ、 やしろ
Meanings: company, firm, office, association, shrine
Readings: ショウ、 ちい.さい、 こ-、 お-、 さ-
Meanings: little, small
Readings: ケイ、 かた、 -がた
Meanings: mould, type, model
Readings: キ、 はた
Meanings: loom, mechanism, machine, airplane, opportunity, potency, efficacy, occasion
Readings: トウ、 ひがし
Meaning: east
Readings: キョウ、 ケイ、 キン、 みやこ
Meanings: capital, 10**16